PRINCE AND MAORIS
N ATIYE PAGEANT.
BARBARIC SPLENDOUR.
DEEP IMPRESSION MADE.
WARMLY-LOYAL WELCOME.
. —SPECIAL BEPORTEE.]
ROTORUA. Thursday.
A most successful day -rfas spent by the Prince of Wales and his party in Rotorua to-day. The principal event— great native demonstrationwas carried off without a feature which called for regret. The scene at the park was a memorable one. The crowd in its size, its enthusiasm, and the effect it produced with its bright colours, its life and movement, was reminiscent of the great scenes witnessed in the Auckland Domain. It was on a different scale and there was a barbaric note of splendour but there were many points of resemblance. The impression produced on the visitors was deep. One of them said the beauty of it alone was sufficient to draw men half-way across the world to view it. It was obviously possible only in the finest of weather, but that condition was not wanting this morning.
The remainder of the programme passed off quietly. The inspection of returned soldiers and the tneeting with the children produced no special incident. The Prince's expedition on foot to Whakarewarewa caused a flutter of interest, but not many people knew of it until afterwards. .3
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17458, 30 April 1920, Page 4
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